The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

VOLUME I.

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III.

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VII.

VIII.

VERSIONS AND PARAPHRASES OF SELECT PSALMS.

HYMNS WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE TUMULTS, JUNE 1780.

HYMNS FOR THE NATION, In 1782.

HYMNS FOR THE NATIONAL FAST, Feb. 8, 1782.

PRAYERS FOR CONDEMNED MALEFACTORS.

HYMNS FOR LOVE.

HYMNS AND POEMS,

HYMN FOR THE REV. MR. WHITEFIELD AND MR. WESLEYS.

COMMEMORATIVE HYMN.

WRITTEN AFTER DELIVERANCE FROM A POPISH AMBUSH AND ASSAULT NEAR ATHLONE, FEBRUARY 11TH, 1748.

OCCASIONED BY AN IRISH JUDGE SENTENCING ME IN MY ABSENCE TO TRANSPORTATION.

FOR THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN IRELAND.

THANKSGIVING FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL IN IRELAND.

HYMN SUNG IN HIS FAMILY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1749.

WRITTEN ON A JOURNEY IN PERIL OF ROBBERS.

ON HIS WIFE'S SICKNESS. [1751.]

HYMN SUNG AT A CONFERENCE HELD IN LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1751.

WRITTEN (IN SHORT HAND) DURING A JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO NORWICH, JULY 1754.

PRAYER FOR THE REV. MR. STONEHOUSE. [1755.]

A HYMN FOR MY DEAREST FRIENDS. [1760.]

WRITTEN JANUARY 7TH, 1768.

A PRAYER FOR MRS. VIGOR, WHEN HER SON WAS IN THE SMALL-POX.

FOR A DYING FRIEND, MR. ABRAHAM BROWN.

PRAYER FOR THE REV. MR. JOHN FLETCHER, JUNE 30TH, 1776.

FOR THE FAST DAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1779.

PRAYER FOR THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN WESLEY. [1779.]

WRITTEN AFTER THE CONFERENCE OF 1780, THE LAST AT WHICH THE WRITER WAS PRESENT.

A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

ANOTHER.

THANKSGIVING FOR AN ESCAPE FROM BEING CRUSHED TO DEATH. NOVEMBER 8TH, 1782.

FOR MISS A. D. [SEPTEMBER 1784.]

ON HIS SON SAMUEL'S PERVERSION TO POPERY. [1784.]

WRITTEN IN A BIBLE.

A RETROSPECT.

THE PRAYER OF AN AGED MINISTER BEFORE PREACHING.

ANOTHER.

TAKE AWAY ALL INIQUITY, AND GIVE GOOD.—Hosea xiv. 2.

LINES DICTATED ON HIS DEATH BED.

EPITAPHS.

MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS AND POEMS.

THE MAN OF FASHION.

ON A MOTION OF THE MINORITY. [1781.]

NON TALI AUXILIO, NEC DEFENSORIBUS ISTIS TEMPUS EGET.

ON THE DECLARATION OF LORD C---, THAT “THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA BY SWORD AND FIRE IS NOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.”

A PRAYER FOR KING GEORGE.

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A HYMN FOR MY DEAREST FRIENDS. [1760.]

God, be mercifully near,
Object of my father's fear;
Me into Thy favour take,
Me preserve for Jesu's sake.

With Thy kind protection bless'd,
Calm I lay me down to rest;
All I have to Thee resign,
Lodge them in the arms Divine:

Her, my dearest earthly friend,
To Thy guardian love commend;
Day and night her Keeper be,
Knit her simple heart to Thee.

Make the little ones Thy care;
Bear them, in Thy bosom bear;
Mark'd with the Good Shepherd's sign,
Keep my lambs for ever Thine.

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A HYMN FOR MY DEAREST FRIENDS. [1760.]